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NHC AL101869 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1869

October 4, 1869 – October 5, 1869

Hurricane Unnamed 1869 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 559 US cities, 551 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
559
At hurricane strength
551

when closest

States
6

Cities Unnamed 1869 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (255)

and 195 more

Maine (157)

and 97 more

New Hampshire (91)

and 31 more

Rhode Island (49)

Connecticut (6)

New York (1)

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.